curiosa

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for curiosa
Noun
  • Released on July 11, THIS IS FOR was available as a standard widely available digital download and streaming album, across 15 CD and three vinyl variants (all containing collectible ephemera, some randomized).
    Jim Asker, Billboard, 23 July 2025
  • Featuring more than 100 works alongside ephemera documenting her activism and teaching work, the exhibition provides a deeper understanding of her pioneering and influential work at the intersection of race, gender, class and ecology.
    Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • But there’s much more to the apartment than a mere accumulation of objets de vertu.
    Mayer Rus, Architectural Digest, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Crawford is an inveterate collector, a hunter-gatherer par excellence, and her home is a testament to decades spent amassing oddities and objets de vertu of every stripe.
    Mayer Rus, Architectural Digest, 28 June 2024
Noun
  • These are very tastefully laid off, with walks and carriage drives, and are covered with a profusion of rare exotics, beautiful flowers, and semi-tropical plants of every variety known to this climate.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 4 July 2025
  • The question is, if our native plants evolved under the local conditions, how on earth do these exotics outcompete them?
    Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • Depending on where these curios are sold, they might also be referred to as Jenny Hanivers, garadiávolos or rayas chupacabras.
    Peter Kyne, The Conversation, 16 June 2025
  • What was once a curio of a career was on its way to becoming an industry standard—and an object of intense public fascination and borderline-prurient media attention.
    Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
Noun
  • Even in cities with high EV penetration rates—including San Francisco, Oslo, and Amsterdam—electric taxis remain a rarity.
    Clay Chandler, Fortune, 19 July 2025
  • That's a rarity, as SpaceX is known for its rocket reuse; one of the company's Falcon 9 boosters has a whopping 29 launches under its belt.
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 16 July 2025
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“Curiosa.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curiosa. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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